The Spanish-American War at Sea

By piecing together diaries letters scrapbooks and rare privately printed memoirs the author has created a story which tells how America''s ragtag navycomposed mainly of converted yachts steamers and tugboatswas able to fight and win against the more powerful Spanish gunboats. The naval battles fought in places like Santiago Cardenas Cienfuegos Manzanillo Port Nipe Guantanamo San Juan Guanica and Ponce come alive in this book. The stories of the brave little ships that fought these battleswith names like the Gloucester and the Yosemiteat times against overwhelming odds demonstrates the excellent training of the men who manned their guns under leadership of daring officers. This book fills in many of the missing pieces in the history of the Spanish-American War.